| AMP | Antimicrobial peptide |
| CFUs | Colony-forming units |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| LB | Luria–Bertani broth |
| MHB | Mueller–Hinton broth |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MBC | Minimum bactericidal concentration |
| OD | Optical density |
| PIPE | Polymerase incomplete primer extension method |